Schools look to
SafeSync for best-in-class collaboration and data sharing
Organizations of all sizes know that
conditions are going to remain challenging throughout 2012. Forced to
do more with less, improve efficiencies, cut costs and become more
agile, they’re increasingly aware that the technology they choose
to support their efforts could be the difference between success and
failure.
Data is the lifeblood of any
organization and the education sector is no exception, where teachers
and administrators need to share large volumes of sensitive student
information that could prove disastrous if it fell into the wrong
hands. Under intense financial pressure, their use of traditional
email-based methods for sharing and collaborating fall well short of
the mark on security and can’t deal with volumes required.
Trend
Micro SafeSync for Business is a cloud-based service that enables
users to securely access, share and sync data from any
internet-connected mobile or fixed device. The productivity benefits
are enormous and because Trend Micro runs the infrastructure,
including the cloud-based servers, it’s extremely cost effective
and more importantly; secure.
You may have heard of Dropbox. Well,
SafeSync for Business is similar but more secure, easier to us and
designed for larger organizations. Users can simply right click on
any folder on their desktop and make it a SafeSync folder, sending
the data up to the cloud to securely share with others.
Teachers can share large files or
groups of files with students for homework assignments by uploading
them to the cloud and then sharing a simple link to provide read-only
access. They can also stop sharing and disable links to files at any
time or even set an expiration date. All data is sent via 256-bit
AES Bank level encryption, and very soon information stored in
Trend Micro’s data centers will be encrypted as well.
Teachers and administrators can share
data two ways SafeSync for Business: “One Way” and “Team
Folder”. The One Way sharing can be done with anyone by simply
sharing a link to your file or folder. The user can then download
the files or view the folder and save it to their computer. For
extra security, users can password-protect and set expiration dates
on files and links, or even allow one-time shares. The Team Folder
allows for two-way collaboration on any file in the folder. You can
control who can access this folder and what their rights are to
ensure only those you trust have access. It’s just like having a
file server, without the cost or need to maintain it.
SafeSync is the perfect fit for the
education sector – leveraging Trend Micro’s expertise in the
cloud to enable more efficient, agile and secure ways of accessing,
collaborating and sharing data for a fraction of the cost of
traditional solutions. Put simply, in challenging financial times
like these it could be the difference between success and failure.
Disclaimer - I did not receive any compensation for this article.
